NSG 322 Topic 7 Schizophrenia New Full Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct ( Latest 2024 )
- what connects the 5 types of schizophrenia spectrum disorders?
Answer: psychosis
- psychosis
Answer: altered cognition, perceptions, and ability to realize what's real or not
- brief psychotic disorder duration
Answer: 1 day to 1 month
- brief psychotic disorder symptoms include at least one of the following
Answer: -
-delusions -hallucinations -disorganized speech -disorganized or catatonic (severely decreased motor activity) behavior.
- brief psychotic disorder is more prominent in
Answer: females
- delusional disorder duration
Answer: at least 1 month
- delusional disorder symptoms
Answer:
-delusions that are usually not severe enough to impact functioning -do not behave strange or bizarre
- schizophreniform disorder duration
Answer: less than 6 months
- schizophreniform disorder symptoms
Answer:
-same as schizophrenia, shorter dura- tion -can return to previous level of functioning, others can have recurrent psychosis
- schizoaffective disorder duration
Answer: longer than 6 months
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- schizoaffective symptoms
Answer:
-involves a major depressive, manic, or mixed episode concurrent with symptoms that meet the criteria for schizophrenia.-symptoms must not be caused by any substance use or general medical condition.
- what are risk factors for schizophrenia?
Answer:
-family history of schizophrenia -generational family trauma -prenatal illness
-environmental factors:
-high stress levels -exposure to toxins -abuse or trauma -substance use
- what happens in the brain in schizophrenia?
Answer:
neurotransmitter imbalance dopamine, glutamate, serotonin, GABA, ach alterations in brain structure -reduced connectivity -pruning errors -reduced hippocampal volume & shape changes -reduced blood flow & glucose to prefrontal cortex
- what is the typical onset of schizophrenia in males?
Answer: 15-25 y/o
- what is the typical onset of schizophrenia in females?
Answer: 25-35 y/o
- what is the typical onset for schizophrenia disorders?
Answer: fast onset (1-12 months)
- what are rare onsets for schizophrenia?
Answer: child onset late onset
slow onset (greater than 2 yearsZ)
- what are factors affecting recovery of schizophrenia?
Answer:
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